⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 19-8 off them- Went cold from three, three of fifteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 4:35 · DEN 21-18 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Marcus Camby lost ball
Q4 1:35 · DEN 80-86 SA
- Turnover
Earl Boykins lost ball
Q4 1:09 · DEN 80-88 SA
- Turnover
Allen Iverson lost ball
Q4 0:25 · DEN 83-90 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 0:26 · DEN 49-54 SA
- Steal
Manu Ginobili stole it from Marcus Camby
Q4 1:35 · DEN 80-86 SA
- Steal
Manu Ginobili stole it from Allen Iverson
Q4 0:25 · DEN 83-90 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Manu Ginobili bad pass
Q4 4:56 · DEN 75-82 SA
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:53 · DEN 75-82 SA
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:53 · DEN 75-82 SA
📊The numbers
| DEN | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 15 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 9 |
